 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem In addition to the shrine of Muslim bin Aqeel and Muqtara al-Thaqafi within the precincts of Masjid al-Kufa we have the shrine of Hani bin Orwa this great companion and supporter of Ameer al-Mu'mineen salawatullahi wa salamahu alayhi The narrations mention that historically speaking when Muslim bin Aqeel came to Kufa at one point of his revolution which was nipped at the very early stages you find that Muslim bin Aqeel was sheltered in the house of Hani bin Orwa when Ubaidullah bin Ziyad through his spies network had found out that Muslim bin Aqeel was residing in the house of Hani bin Orwa Hani bin Orwa was brought to Darul Imara for interrogation and Hani bin Orwa was a man where historians record was close to about 90 years of age despite his old age you find that he still had the heat of the love this heat which emanates from the love of Ahlul Bayt within him that at the age of 90 he played a central role in the revolution of Muslim bin Aqeel and he played rather a forefront role in the revolution of Muslim bin Aqeel the historians mention that as soon as the spy agency and the network found out that Hani bin Orwa was sheltered in Muslim bin Aqeel Hani was then brought to Darul Imara for interrogation Ubaidullah bin Ziyad asked Hani bin Orwa about her whereabouts of Muslim bin Aqeel who was by then a wanted man with a bounty on his head at this point Hani bin Orwa refused to disseminate any information the narrations mention that Ubaidullah bin Ziyad began to hit Hani bin Orwa a 90 year old man with a metal rod on his face repeatedly to the extent that he broke the nose of Hani bin Orwa he hit him on his forehead with this rod to the extent that he began to bleed excessively he began to beat him on his face such that it is mentioned that the skin from his cheeks were hanging over his beard due to the intensity of his beatings Hani endured all this persecution all this torture in the name of Ahlul Bayt in the name of protecting Ahlul Bayt protecting Muslim bin Aqeel because to protect Muslim bin Aqeel at that moment meant or translated to protecting Imam al-Husayn and it is in this manner that Hani bin Orwa was also beheaded and together with the corpse of Muslim bin Aqeel his corpse was also tied to a horse and was dragged around the cities of Kufa we come here to pay tribute to Hani bin Orwa and we pray to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to inspire us to follow within the footsteps of Hani bin Orwa and that we may be an ounce of what Hani was when it comes to showing loyalty towards Ahlul Bayt Wa Aqeel al-Da'wanah Anil Hamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen